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The U.S. health care system is in a class all its own, according to a new analysis of health system performance in 10 high-income countries—but in a devastating way.
Affordable Health Care for America (H.R. 3962) America's Affordable Health Choices (H.R. 3200) Baucus Health Bill (S. 1796) Proposed. American Health Care Act (2017) Medicare for All Act (2021, H.R. 1976) Healthy Americans Act (2007, 2009) Health Security Act (H.R. 3600) Latest enacted. Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) Health Care and Education ...
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It set the stage for future federal involvement in maternal and child health care. It set up 3,000 child and maternal health care centers, many in rural areas. It funded millions of home visits by nurses to mothers and their infants. One result was the infant mortality rate dropped from 76 deaths per 1000 live births to 68 in 1929. [43]
FOR SPECIAL PACKAGE: Erica Schmidt, right, patient care assistant at TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital, works on the COVID floor, Friday, April 24, 2020.
Poor health outcomes appear to be an effect of economic inequality across a population. Nations and regions with greater economic inequality show poorer outcomes in life expectancy, [31]: Figure 1.1 mental health, [31]: Figure 5.1 drug abuse, [31]: Figure 5.3 obesity, [31]: Figure 7.1 educational performance, teenage birthrates, and ill health due to violence.
There is a great deal of research into inequalities in health care. In 2003, the Institute of Medicine released a report showing that race and ethnicity were significantly associated with the quality of healthcare received, even after controlling for socioeconomic factors such as access to care. [80]
"Inequality in America is about so much more than income," Ney says. "It's healthcare and housing and education and taxes and race and gender and location. Life-expectancy inequality in America is ...